MeisterTask is the Kanban-and-task-management platform built by MeisterLabs GmbH, the long-running German productivity-software company founded in 2006 by Michael Hollauf and Till Vollmer. The MeisterLabs portfolio began with MindMeister (the visual mind-mapping product launched in 2009) and expanded to MeisterTask in 2015, followed by MeisterNote and MeisterAI; the company operates from the Munich area (Vaterstetten) with additional offices in Vienna and Seattle. MeisterTask serves more than 10,000 companies and ranks 4.6/5 on G2; notable reference customers include LBBW, Allianz, Ritter Sport, Fischer, and Sana Regio Kliniken, a customer mix that skews to regulated German enterprises (banking, manufacturing, healthcare).
For an EU-sovereignty audit MeisterTask presents a strong signal set. The product is "made in the EU, hosted in Germany" (all customer data stored exclusively on German infrastructure) and the operating entity (MeisterLabs GmbH) holds ISO/IEC 27001 certification with full GDPR compliance, a public DPA, and EU security/privacy alignment. The company is EU-owned with no CLOUD Act exposure; the founders remain at the company and no major US-VC / US-PE acquisition is on record. The Seattle office is a sales operation rather than a customer-data jurisdiction.
Pricing in EUR: Free tier covers up to 3 projects (unlimited tasks), up to 5 notes, 20 MeisterAI prompts/month, 5 Content Manager seats, and unlimited team members; Pro €13.50/user/month (annual billing) adds unlimited projects/notes, 75 AI prompts, external sharing, integrations, private projects, recurring tasks; Business €24/user/month adds timeline view, subtasks, custom reports, role-based permissions; Enterprise tier with SSO. Best fit: German and DACH SMBs and mid-market teams that want a Kanban / project-management product with German hosting, ISO 27001 evidence, and a long-running EU vendor without the data-residency negotiations required for Asana / Monday / Trello.